What is exclusive first person deixis?

Exclusive first person deixis is deixis that refers to a group not including the addressee(s).

• What is first person deixis?

Crystal 1980 182

Pei and Gaynor 1954 69

Context for this page:

• Concept module: exclusive first person deixis
• In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): E
• In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
• In bookshelf: Linguistics

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